{"id":115,"date":"2015-02-10T19:56:12","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T19:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/publicspeaking1xmaster\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=115"},"modified":"2016-08-16T22:50:23","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T22:50:23","slug":"read-wikipedia-articles-in-your-subect-area","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/clinton-publicspeakingprinciples\/chapter\/read-wikipedia-articles-in-your-subect-area\/","title":{"raw":"Gathering Expertise in Your Subject Area","rendered":"Gathering Expertise in Your Subject Area"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Wikipedia<\/h2>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">Encyclopedias represent what is known on a subject. Whereas one does not cite encyclopedias in college-level work, you should reach an understanding of what is commonly known on your subject. Encyclopedias in general, and Wikipedia specifically, will do this. If you find useful information that is cited in an article, go to that original article and read it. Then you can cite that article.\u00a0Don't cite Wikipedia - learn from it. See\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipedia.org\/\">http:\/\/www.wikipedia.org\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"page-title\">Google News<\/h2>\r\n<p class=\"page-title\">Search Google News for the latest news articles about your subject. \u00a0See\u00a0\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/news.google.com\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"page-title\">Google Alerts<\/h2>\r\n<p class=\"page-title\">Use Google Alerts to receive news articles in your email. \u00a0See\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.google.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2>US Government Resources<\/h2>\r\nSearch federal and state government websites.\u00a0Add your state to the search to get more specific to your intended audience. 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Then you can cite that article.\u00a0Don&#8217;t cite Wikipedia &#8211; learn from it. See\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikipedia.org\/\">http:\/\/www.wikipedia.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"page-title\">Google News<\/h2>\n<p class=\"page-title\">Search Google News for the latest news articles about your subject. \u00a0See\u00a0\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/news.google.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"page-title\">Google Alerts<\/h2>\n<p class=\"page-title\">Use Google Alerts to receive news articles in your email. \u00a0See\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.google.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>US Government Resources<\/h2>\n<p>Search federal and state government websites.\u00a0Add your state to the search to get more specific to your intended audience. 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